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David Lang: My underwater robot
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David Lang waa sameeye kaasoo kaligiisa is baray siduu ku noqon lahaay bad-ku-taqasuse--ama, baray mashiin si uu mid asiga oo kale u noqdo. Hadalkii Lang ee soo jiidashada lahaa, Saaxibkeeni TED, ayaa na tusaya sidii asiga iyo kuwii shabakada bada jeclaa ay isku baheesteen si ay u dhisaan qalab baarayo bada hoosteeda oo raqiis ah misna il-furan leh.
David Lang - Maker
David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots. Full bio
David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots. Full bio
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(Aquatic noises)
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(Shanqar biyo)
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So this video was taken
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Viidiyowgaan waxaa lagu qaaday
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at Aquarius undersea laboratory
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sheeybaar ku yaala bada hoosteeda
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four miles off the coast of Key Largo,
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meel u jirta afar mile xeebta ku taalo Key Largo,
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about 60 feet below the surface.
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hoosna ujirta sagxada ilaa 60 fiit.
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NASA uses this extreme environment
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NASA waxay u isticmaashaa deegaantan adag
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to train astronauts and aquanauts,
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si ay ugu taba barto cir bixiyeenada iyo bad maquurayaasha,
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and last year, they invited us along for the ride.
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sanadkii hore, waxay nagu casuumeen iney na wadaan.
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All the footage was taken from our open ROV,
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Viidiyowgani waxaa lagu qaaday aaladeena ROV,
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which is a robot that we built in our garage.
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taaso ah mashiin sida dadka wax u qabta oo an anagu ku sameenay garaashkeena.
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So ROV stands for Remote Operated Vehicle,
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ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) oo ah gaari ku shaqeeya rimuud,
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which in our case means our little robot
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kaaso anagu aan dhahno mashiinkeenii yaraay
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sends live video
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kaas oo diro vidiyoowyal toos ah
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across that ultra-thin tether
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kuna dira xargahaasi dhuudhuuban
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back to the computer topside.
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ee dhanka dambe ee kumpuyuutarka korkiisa .
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It's open source, meaning we publish
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waa il furan, macnaha waxan ku daabacnaa
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and share all of our design files
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oo aana kuwada wadaagna naqashadaha feelalkeena
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and all of our code online,
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iyo dhamaan sirteena tooska ah,
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allowing anyone to modify
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taaso u ogolaneso in qof walbo uu dib uhabeeyo
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or improve or change the design.
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ama hor mariyo ama badalaba naqshada.
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It's built with mostly off-the-shelf parts
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qeebihiisa oo dhan waa la dhameestiray
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and costs about 1,000 times cheaper
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qiima hiisana kun goor ayuu ka raqiisan yahay
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than the ROVs James Cameron used
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ROVs-kii James Cameron uu isticmaalay
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to explore the Titanic.
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markii uu baarayay Titanic.
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So ROVs aren't new.
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Marka ROVs-ka ma cusba.
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They've been around for decades.
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Tobaneeyo sano ayee yaalaan
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Scientists use ROVs to explore the oceans.
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Seynis yahanada ayaa isticmaalo ROVs si ay bada ugu baaran.
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Oil and gas companies use them for exploration
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Shirkadaha gaaska iyo saliida xita baaritaanada ayee u istcimaalan
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and construction.
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iyo dhismayaasha.
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What we've built isn't unique.
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Sheeygan aan hada dhisnay ma aha wax aan caadi aheen.
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It's how we've built it that's really unique.
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ee sida aan u dhisnay ayaa ah wax aan caadi aheen.
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So I want to give you a quick story
of how it got started.
of how it got started.
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Marka waxaan hada idiin sheegaya sidii aan u sameenay.
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So a few years ago, my friend Eric and I
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Sanado yar ka hor, aniga iyo saaxibkeyga Eric
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decided we wanted to explore this underwater cave
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waxan go'aan sanay inaan baarno god ku yaalo biyaha hoosteeda
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in the foothills of the Sierras.
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buuraha yaryar ee Sierras.
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We had heard this story about lost gold
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waxna horay u maqal nay sheeko ku saabsan dahab lumay
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from a Gold Rush-era robbery,
and we wanted to go up there.
and we wanted to go up there.
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taaso ka qeeb aheed xaalufitankii dahabka, waxaana rabnay inaan aadno halkaas.
01:46
Unfortunately, we didn't have any money
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Nasiib xumo, wax lacag ah maanan heesan
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and we didn't have any tools to do it.
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wax qalab ah aanku hool galno xitaa maanan heesanin.
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So Eric had an initial design idea for a robot,
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Marka Eric ayaa wuxuu hayay fekrad naqshad mashiina ah,
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but we didn't have all the parts figured out,
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laakin maanan heesan qeeybaha mashiinka oo dhan,
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so we did what anybody would do in our situation:
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wixii qof walbo sameeyn lahaay aan anagana sameeynay:
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we asked the Internet for help.
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shabakada internetka ayaan caawinaad weedisanay.
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More specifically, we created this website,
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Si cad, waxaan sameeynay website-kaan,
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openROV.com, and shared
our intentions and our plans
our intentions and our plans
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openROV.com, oo aan ku wadaaganay qorsha-yaashena iyo damac-yadeena.
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For the first few months, it was just Eric and I
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Bilashii ugu horeysay, aniga iyo Eric qudha
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talking back to each other on the forums,
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ayaa fagaarayaasha iskagala hadleeynay,
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but pretty soon, we started to get feedback
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laakin dhaqsi ahaantiiba, waxaan bilaawnay inaan helno jawaab-celis ama natiijo
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from makers and hobbyists,
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taaso ka imaneysay kuwa jecel iyo kuwa sameeyaba,
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and then actually professional ocean engineers
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hadana injineero caalami ah oo badeed
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who had some suggestions for what we should do.
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kuwaso na siinayay fekrada ah wixii aan sameeyn lahayn.
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We kept working on it. We learned a lot.
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shaqadeena ayaa iska wadanay. Wax badan ayaan baranay.
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We kept prototyping, and eventually,
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Isku daygeenii aan wadanay, ugu dambeeyntii,
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we decided we wanted to go
to the cave. We were ready.
to the cave. We were ready.
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waxaan go'aan sanay inaan godka aadno. diyaar ayaan aheyn.
02:26
So about that time, our little expedition
became quite a story,
became quite a story,
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Waqtigaas, hoosheeni yareed waxay noqotay sheeko aad u weyn,
02:29
and it got picked up in The New York Times.
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Joornaalka New York Times ayaana lagu soo daabacay.
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And we were pretty much just overwhelmed
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Waxaana aad ula dhacnay
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with interest from people who wanted a kit
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Xiisaha dadka ka imaanayo kuwaaso rabay qalabka
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that they could build this open ROV themselves.
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kuwaso rabay inaay iyaga laftirkooda dhisaan ROVs-kaan furan.
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So we decided to put the project on Kickstarter,
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Waxan go'aan sanay inaan mashruucena soo ban dhigno,
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and when we did,
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waana soo bandhignay,
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we raised our funding goal in about two hours,
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laba saac gudahooda ayaan lacag kusoo aruurinay,
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and all of a sudden,
had this money to make these kits.
had this money to make these kits.
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silama filaan ahna, lacag ayaan helnay oo aan qalabkaan kusameeyno.
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But then we had to learn how to make them.
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Lakin waxan ku qasbeneen inan barano sida loo sameyo.
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I mean, we had to learn small batch manufacturing.
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macnaha, dufcad yar xitaa inaan sameyno ayaan rabnay.
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So we quickly learned that our garage
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Marka waxan isla markiiba ogaanay in garaashkeenu
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was not big enough to hold our growing operation.
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uusan aad ugu filneen hool galkeena sii weeynanaya
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But we were able to do it, we got all the kits made,
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Laakin waan wada sameynay, qalabka dhan waan sameynay,
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thanks a lot to TechShop,
which was a big help to us,
which was a big help to us,
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mahad waxa leh 'TechShop' oo aad noo caawiyay
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and we shipped these kits all over the world
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qalabkiyo dhan dunida ayaan udirnay
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just before Christmas of last year,
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kahor Christmas-kii sanandii hore,
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so it was just a few months ago.
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bilooyin ka hor ayeey aheyd.
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But we're already starting to get video
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Laakin waxaan isla mar ahaantiiba heleena fiidiyowyaal
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and photos back from all over the world,
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iyo sawiro aduunka daafihiisa nooga imanayey,
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including this shot from under the ice in Antarctica.
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kana mid ah sawirkaan barafka ka hooseyo ee Antarctica.
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We've also learned the penguins love robots.
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Waxan kaloo ogaanay in shimbir-badeeda xitaa ay jeceshahay mashiinkan.
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(Laughter)
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So we're still publishing all the designs online,
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Weli waxaan online-ka ku daabaceena naqshadaha,
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encouraging anyone to build these themselves.
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anagoo qofwalbo ku dhiiri galineeno inuu naftirkiisa dhiso qalabkaan.
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That's the only way that we could have done this.
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waa wadad kaliya aan ku sameeyn karno midan.
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By being open source, we've created
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il ahaan, waxaan abuurnay
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this distributed R&D network,
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Shabakadan R&D ah
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and we're moving faster than
any venture-backed counterpart.
any venture-backed counterpart.
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aad baynu shaqadeena ugu hormaraysa markii loo bar bar dhigo kuwa aan isku shaqada nahay.
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But the actual robot is really only half the story.
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Laakin mashiinka sax ah wax yar ayee sheekadenu ka quseesa.
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The real potential, the long term potential,
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Macquul galka rasmiga ah, macquul galkii dheeraa,
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is with this community of DIY ocean explorers
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waa shacabkani baaritaanka iska wax u qabsada ah bada ka wado
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that are forming all over the globe.
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kuwaaso aduunka ku faafayo.
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What can we discover
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maxaa ka xaqiiqsan karnaa
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when there's thousands of these devices
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mar ay kumaaan aaladahaan ahi ay jiraan
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roaming the seas?
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kuwaaso bada ku wareeganayo?
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So you're probably all wondering: the cave.
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Run ahaantii waxaad ka fekeraysan: godki,
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Did you find the gold?
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Dahabkii miyaa heshay ?
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Well, we didn't find any gold,
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Wax dahab ah maanan helin,
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but we decided that what we found
was much more valuable.
was much more valuable.
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laakin waxaan go'aansanay wixii aan helnay inuu ahaa wax dahabka ka qaalisan.
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It was the glimpse into a potential future
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waxay ahey jileecid oo aan mustaqbalka umilicsnay
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for ocean exploration.
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baaritaanka bada.
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It's something that's not limited to
the James Camerons of the world,
the James Camerons of the world,
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waa sheey aanan ku ekeen kaliya James Cameron-kii dunida,
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but something that we're all participating in.
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laakin waa sheey aan dhamaantenaba ka qeeb qaadaneno.
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It's an underwater world
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waa dunida biyaha hoosteeda jirta
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we're all exploring together.
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si wadajir ahaana ayaan u wada baareena.
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Thank you.
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Mahadsanidiin.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lang - MakerDavid Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots.
Why you should listen
David Lang is a maker whose craving for adventure turned him into an amateur ocean explorer. A few years ago Lang and NASA engineer Eric Stackpole went looking for lost gold (literally) in an underwater cave in the foothills of the Sierra Navada. But they weren't quite sure how to go about it. Without much expertise (or money), the two put initial designs for an underwater robot explorer online. Soon OpenROV was born: a community of citizen ocean explorers who build and constantly improve upon these small remote operated underwater robots.
Lang is also the author of Zero to Maker and a 2013 TED Fellow. He lives on a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay.
David Lang | Speaker | TED.com